Även den brittiska massövervakningen får bakläxa av Europadomstolen

Det var inte bara svenska FRA som fick bakläxa i Europadomstolen för de mänskliga rättigheterna i går. Även den brittiska massövervakningen får kritik.

Amnesty International:

»In a landmark judgment, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) today ruled that the UK government’s bulk interception of communications powers “did not contain sufficient ‘end-to-end’ safeguards to provide adequate and effective guarantees against arbitrariness and the risk of abuse”, thus violating the rights to privacy and freedom of expression.

The case was brought by Amnesty International, Liberty, Privacy International and several other rights organizations, following whistleblower Edward Snowden’s 2013 revelation that the UK intelligence agency GCHQ was secretly intercepting and processing the private communications of millions of people on a daily basis.«

2013 avslöjade visselblåsaren Edward Snowden Tempora-programmet, som även omfattar människor och organisationer som uppenbart saknar intresse vad gäller nationell säkerhet.

• Amnesty: Europe’s top court rules UK mass surveillance regime violated human rights »
• The Guardian: GCHQ’s mass data interception violated right to privacy, court rules »
• Privacy International: Human rights groups win European Court of Human Rights claim on UK mass surveillance regime »